Part 05Cheap intelligence arrives
Ed Elson’s view of unsustainable Big Tech growth requires frontier labs to remain structurally loss-making.
OpenAI and Anthropic Are Not the Same BusinessPerson
Ed Elson
Ed Elson appears in Part 5 of The Buildout. Part 5: OpenAI and Anthropic Are Not the Same Business. Argued in Part 5 (Voices that cross sides).
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Part 05 · Voices that cross sidesAug 11, 2026
Because OpenAI and Anthropic pay their bills with venture funding of which Big Tech supplies roughly 40%, revenue Big Tech books from them is partly recycled from itself and not real growth.
OpenAI and Anthropic Are Not the Same Business Who is on each side Source
Part 05 · Voices that cross sidesAug 11, 2026
If Big Tech depends heavily on OpenAI and Anthropic for revenue growth, that growth is unsustainable because both customers are massively unprofitable and may not survive.
OpenAI and Anthropic Are Not the Same Business Who is on each side Source
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